The age of Homo technicus could generate profound intellectual advances and solutions to our gravest problems. But first we ...

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Watch an engaging conversation between ACS Central Science Editor-in-Chief Prof. Carolyn Bertozzi and C&EN Editor-in-Chief Nick Ishmael-Perkins, which took place at ACS Spring 2024, in New Orleans.

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NASA announced two awards Thursday to establish scientific consortia – multi-institutional coalitions to conduct ground-based studies that help address the agency’s goals of maintaining a sustained ...

If all goes according to plan, however, Chinese physicists intend to make history by uncovering information that will lead to cracking what’s known as the “mass hierarchy” problem.

Quantum research breakthrough uses synthetic dimensions to efficiently process quantum information Discovery of a synthetic photonic lattice capable of generating and manipulating quantum states ...